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The feds' education power grab
In December, California's application for a waiver from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act was denied by the U.S. Department of Education. This, we were told, was because California had failed to embrace the federal department's reform agenda,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, School Examinations, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, U.S. Department of Education
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PASSINGS: Daniel J. Edelman
Daniel J. Edelman, 92, who built one of the world's top public relations companies and pioneered celebrity endorsements and media tours, died of heart failure Tuesday at a Chicago hospital, said his son, Richard Edelman. Edelman is credited with...
Tags: Nolan Ryan, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, New Products, Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945)
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Catherine O'Neill dies at 70; political activist, women's advocate
Catherine O'Neill, a social worker turned political activist and advocate for refugee women who co-founded the watchdog group now called the Women's Refugee Commission, died of cancer Wednesday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 70. Her death...
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Democratic Party, Elections, Howard University, Abortion Issue
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L.A. Now Live: Discuss UC Berkeley chancellor pay raise
L.A. NOWThe UC Board of Regents on Tuesday approved a $50,000 -- or 11.4% -- pay raise to the incoming UC Berkeley chancellor despite strong opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown. The Times higher education reporter Larry Gordon will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to... -
New UC Berkeley chief to get pay raise despite Brown's opposition
L.A. NOWDespite strong opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown, the UC regents on Tuesday gave the new chancellor of UC Berkeley a $50,000-–or 11.4%--pay raise over the current campus head and said the extra money would come from private donations, not state... -
2012 in review: A rebel scene arises in classical music world
It's been a year of hand-wringing at arts institutions on both sides of the Atlantic. The world economy has been particularly effective in scarifying orchestras and opera companies. In the United States, several orchestras are in various states of...
Tags: Ceremonies, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Culture, Arts and Culture, Opera (genre)
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Climate change could cut Western water runoff by 10%
Another climate change study is projecting declines in runoff in many parts of the West, a scenario that would put more pressure on the region’s water supplies. Using new model simulations, scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Weather, Conservation, Science and Technology, Ecosystems
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Da Chen on his new novel, 'My Last Empress.' He's in L.A. Thursday
Da Chen hit bestseller lists in 1999 with his first book, the memoir "Colors of the Mountain." That, and its sequel, "Sounds of the River," told of the hardships he experienced while growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Chen had moved...
Tags: Apple iPad, Yale University, Literature, Research, Human Interest
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Model predicts flu outbreaks seven weeks out using Google search data
A new statistical model, built on search data from Google and principles from weather modeling, can predict flu outbreaks up to seven weeks in advance. The results, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, signify a...
Tags: Vaccines, Science and Technology, Science, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Michael Henry Heim, UCLA scholar and translator, dies at 69
L.A. NOWMichael Henry Heim, a well regarded scholar of Slavic languages at UCLA known for his translations of works by Gunter Grass, Milan Kundera, Thomas Mann and Anton Chekhov, has died. He was 69. Heim died Saturday at his home in...... -
North Korea is willing to accept aid from South Korea, officials say
World NowNorth Korea is willing to accept aid from South Korea after devastating floods left scores dead and tens of thousands homeless, South Korean officials said Monday. But exactly what the country will get and how has yet to be decided. If the two countries... -
Jacques Barzun dies at 104; helped found field of cultural history
Jacques Barzun, a courtly French American scholar with a bracing knowledge of Western civilization who helped found the field of cultural history and in his 90s wrote the epic if improbable bestseller "From Dawn to Decadence," has died. He was 104....
Tags: Jean Cocteau, George W. Bush, World War I (1914-1918), Philosophy, Awards and Prizes
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